Zhao Shuning's heart skipped a beat. Bu Ran looked extremely serious.
She said, "Bu Ran, I didn't mean that."
"Then what did you mean?"
"I just think that it's not the right time for us to have a child."
"Does Ning'er think that I won't be a good father?"
"No."
"Or does Ning'er never intend to have a child at all? Or rather, never plan to have our child?"
"Bu Ran, you're being a bit extreme."
Yan Ruyu steadied his nerves.
"I'm sorry."
After saying that, he walked out of the courtyard gate.
Zhao Shuning quickly stepped forward and asked, "Bu Ran, where are you going?"
Yan Ruyu stopped but didn't turn back.
"Ning'er, I'm a bit emotional now. Don't worry about me. I just want to be alone for a while. Give me some time. I'll come back to you later."
Yan Ruyu left.
Zhao Shuning leaned against the door.
She felt that this misunderstanding had really gone too far.
She wanted to chase after Yan Ruyu, but was stopped by a sudden voice.
"Don't go."
It was Feng Lingtong's voice.
"Sister, didn't you leave?"
"I left something behind just now, so I came back to get it. I just happened to see what happened between you two."
"Sister-in-law, Bu Ran had high hopes for the child in your belly. Now that he knows you're not pregnant, he must be quite disappointed. Just leave him alone. Let him calm down by himself."
Zhao Shuning lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.
"Actually, sister, it's not his fault. Bu Ran didn't mean to be angry with me. I said the wrong thing."
"What did you say?"
"I said that without this burden, we could do things more freely without any influence."
Feng Lingtong was stunned.
For a moment, she couldn't find the right words to reply.
"Sister?"
"No wonder. I rarely see Bu Ran get angry, and it's even rarer for him to leave like this."
"What should I do then?"
Feng Lingtong said, "I don't know either. Although Bu Ran was born later than us, his temperament is more mature than any of us. Even when he had an argument with A Zhan, his face usually didn't change much. Most of the time, it was A Zhan who was so angry that he stamped his feet after just a few words from Bu Ran."
Hearing this,
Zhao Shuning looked even more dejected.
"What should I do? Just now, Bu Ran was really angry with me, and his face looked really bad."
Feng Lingtong said, "This - I can't interfere in your affairs. Judging from Bu Ran's character, I've really never seen him this angry. Maybe the words you said really hurt him."
"I know I was wrong."
Zhao Shuning now wished she could bite off her own tongue. What stupid words she had said before! What if Bu Ran ignored her from now on?
"Sister, I'll go find him now."
Feng Lingtong grabbed Zhao Shuning.
"Sister?" Zhao Shuning was puzzled.
"With Bu Ran's ability, how could you find him? You might as well wait for him here as he said and think about how to make it up to him."
Zhao Shuning was about to cry.
Oh my god! Usually, Master never gets angry, but once he does, there's no room for anyone to breathe.
"Then I - I'll think about it. Sister, do you know what Bu Ran usually likes to do and what he likes to eat? Tell me in detail."
"I don't know what Bu Ran usually likes to do, but most of the food he likes is light."
"I see, sister. I have something else to do, so I won't talk to you in detail."
"Okay, Xiaoningning, take your time."
Zhao Shuning ran back to her room and studied carefully.
Finally, she thought that if Master liked light food, fresh vegetables would be better.
Although there were many kinds of vegetables in the imperial kitchen, they were always bought by others. If she wanted to apologize, it would be more sincere to pick them herself.
Without hesitation,
Zhao Shuning carried a basket on her back.
She changed into a set of neat clothes and climbed over the palace wall. But she forgot that it was winter now. Where could she find so many wild vegetables to dig?
Fortunately, she had a phoenix. She begged the phoenix to take her to the foot of Qingyun Peak. If she remembered correctly, there was an old woman at the foot of the mountain. The old woman had a vegetable field, and the vegetables in it grew very well. Master also liked them very much.
When she got to the old woman's house, she explained her purpose.
Zhao Shuning also took out a lot of valuable things, but the old woman just smiled.
She said, "Girl, I don't need these things. If you really want the green vegetables I planted myself, you can help me clean the pigsty. I'm old, and my son hasn't been home for two or three years. So I really don't have the strength to do this kind of work."
Zhao Shuning looked at the two chubby black pigs. It was as if a flock of crows had just flown across her forehead.
Really, if she was asked to fight and kill or confront martial arts masters, she wouldn't even blink.
But cleaning the pigsty was really something she had never done before.
"Grandma, can I do it in another way?"
The old woman shook her head.
"Little girl, those things are useless to me. I've been living in seclusion here all year round. How could I use such good things? If you really don't want to help me clean the pigsty, it doesn't matter. You can just pick a few green vegetables from the yard and take them away."
The old woman was so considerate.
But Zhao Shuning didn't dare to accept it so calmly.
After thinking for a while,
She knew that if she wanted to get Bu Ran's forgiveness, she had to pay some price. Yesterday, Bu Ran had cooked a whole table of dishes for her, but she had hardly eaten any. Now it was her turn. She didn't even want to do it herself just to get some green vegetables and Chinese cabbages. She would really be too insincere.
Zhao Shuning rolled up her sleeves and tied them with two ribbons to keep them from falling down. Then she showed a determined expression.
She said, "Grandma. It's okay. I'll help you clean it."
"Little girl, can you do it?"
Zhao Shuning nodded.
Without hesitation,
She picked up the tools and carefully cleaned the pigsty. The old woman didn't let her throw away the useless pig manure. Instead, she carried it to the vegetable field with a carrying pole.
Don't look at the pigsty being small. It was extremely labor - intensive to clean.
After Zhao Shuning cleaned the pigsty, she carefully spread a layer of dry straw on it so that the pigs could sleep more comfortably in winter.
After finishing all this,
Zhao Shuning felt hot all over. She had done a lot of physical work and sweated a lot.
She lowered her head and smelled her clothes. They smelled really bad.
Fortunately, the old woman had already boiled some water.
When she saw Zhao Shuning come out, she quickly asked her to take a bath first.
Zhao Shuning couldn't stand the smell on her body either. She took out a set of clean clothes from her Qiankun bag and took a bath.
When she came out, the old woman had already prepared the green vegetables, Chinese cabbages, and some scallions and garlic for cooking.